Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife

Chapter 429: Infant Sacrifice, Human Bomb Disposal?

Chen Xiao opened his eyes, looking at the path that led into the ancient tomb.

But the next second, his eyes closed again, and images began to appear in his mind.

In the images, thirteen people slowly descended from the tomb entrance.

Chen Xiao could see the figures of six people clearly.

Those six people were all led by Ye Jiadong.

Each person had a different expression.

But there were seven people whose faces Chen Xiao could not see clearly.

They stepped forward, and when they reached Chen Xiao, it seemed the expressions on several faces began to change.

Each person seemed to harbor their own thoughts.

There was even a person in the crowd who kept his hand inside his clothes!

With his eyes closed, Chen Xiao felt as if there was an additional perspective in his mind.

His gaze swept over each face, as if searching for someone who could communicate with him.

Finally, Chen Xiao’s gaze met with Jiang Pinggui’s.

Fear was deeply embedded in Jiang Pinggui’s eyes.

As he turned back to look at the path he came from, and then turned back again, he seemed to see Chen Xiao.

Jiang Pinggui: "Who are you?"

Chen Xiao: "I’m Chen Xiao."

Jiang Pinggui: "Where is this?"

"It’s an ancient tomb."

"What am I doing here?"

"Grave-robbing! Or, in other words, digging up ancestors’ tombs."

Jiang Pinggui: "Digging up ancestors’ tombs? How could it be like this, wasn’t it supposed to be... wasn’t it supposed to be...."

In the images, Jiang Pinggui’s expression suddenly showed panic.

But just as Jiang Pinggui was about to finish his sentence, a flash of cold light passed suddenly.

Among the Wang Brothers, the younger brother Wang Shiji was suddenly stabbed in the neck by a knife, blood splattering everywhere.

Wang Shidu, seeing his younger brother dead, immediately fought back in anger, but as he approached, the dagger also pierced his throat!

The sudden turn of events caused everyone else in the tomb to start running wildly.

Whether it was Ye Jiadong, Jiang Pinggui, or the Wu Family Sisters.

All of them ran frantically deeper into the tomb passage.

In that instant, everything, the touchable and untouchable, was sprayed in their panic.

Traps in the tomb, agitated poisonous snakes, rats, and ants all seized the opportunity.

In urgency, Chen Xiao’s consciousness kept calling out the name of Jiang Pinggui.

"I didn’t want to come, I didn’t know... I didn’t know it was about digging up ancestors’ tombs!"

"I don’t want to die, I still have a wife and kids, parents!"

"Save me... save me!"

Amidst Jiang Pinggui’s piercing screams, Chen Xiao suddenly opened his eyes.

In his vision, the previous images were gone.

No Jiang Pinggui, no Wang Brothers, Ye Jiadong nor Wu Family Sisters.

There was only the empty tomb passage, and the marked death scene in white lines.

Liu Dayou saw Chen Xiao open his eyes, so he asked:

"Brother Chen, what did you think of?"

Chen Xiao gestured for him not to ask more questions.

He needed silence now, time to analyze why Jiang Pinggui conversed with him like that.

As someone who possesses the Power of Construction, Chen Xiao understood very well.

Whenever he simulated the case, it was mostly his subjective speculations.

The only objective aspect was that his guesses were based on the case details he knew.

But one way or another, Chen Xiao rationally knew the case re-enactments with the Power of Construction were, in fact, subjective guesses.

So he couldn’t be certain if it was true.

He just knew that his conversation with Jiang Pinggui was simulated based on his understanding of Jiang Pinggui.

What kind of person is Jiang Pinggui?

He is the least knowledgeable, the easiest to fool, and the most straightforward in Ye Jiadong’s team.

These adjectives hardly carry positive connotations.

But why did Chen Xiao perceive Jiang Pinggui this way?

Because there was someone quite similar to Jiang Pinggui.

This person was Chen Xiao’s father, Old Chen.

Early on, Old Chen also often worked with others.

Wherever there was work, the foreman would contact them.

Regardless if the foreman or any boss was good.

As long as one was good enough to touch their hearts, Old Chen and the others would follow them to the end.

Even if a foreman or boss later did things that hurt them, unless it was completely hurtful, their simplicity would still drive them to follow to the end.

Perhaps it was because of understanding Old Chen that Chen Xiao used these adjectives on Jiang Pinggui.

Words did not carry much positivity.

Yet Chen Xiao imagined the person least likely to commit subjective crimes as Jiang Pinggui.

Thus, in the conversation, Jiang Pinggui would ask what the ancient tomb was.

Knowing he was engaged in tomb robbing, Jiang Pinggui would panic, would resist.

However, the conversation with Jiang Pinggui was indeed too brief.

This was why Chen Xiao’s current understanding of the case was still insufficient.

Yet Chen Xiao felt this reenactment helped him greatly.

Because he detected a significant contradiction in the entire case.

He placed Wang Brothers in a negative light.

But do idle people in society really have to be bad?

Was it that Wang Brothers wanted treasure, fought with others in the team, and were killed?

Or did the Wang Brothers reveal another side of themselves—cleverness?

Did they cleverly discover a possible existence of two factions in this team of thirteen?

Ye Jiadong and his six were a group, or perhaps Ye Jiadong’s team was less than six people!

For instance, the Wu Family Sisters who found it hard to establish connections with Dongzhou geographically!

So in Chen Xiao’s reenactment, he speculated that Ye Jiadong’s gang might consist of four people excluding the Wu Family Sisters!

The two groups finally collided together entering the ancient tomb.

But in such a place, could they harbor ulterior motives?

Wang Brothers discovered their intentions, and thus attempted to rebel, ultimately being counter-killed in the ancient tomb!

Though Chen Xiao had no evidence to prove the potentiality of this guess, he thought of someone.

Ah Yu!

Why would an infant in swaddling be brought to an ancient tomb?

Could it be a possibility of "sacrifice"!

Killing the infant for sacrifice!

To open the grand door!

And Ye Jiadong and his people, even if not for sacrifice, could they potentially be human mine-clearers?

Because everyone knew there are poisonous creatures, traps in ancient tombs.

Thus, they need some scapegoats to remove obstacles for them!

Prior to this, Chen Xiao never considered this possibility.

But when he calmed down to think about Jiang Pinggui and the Wang Brothers, he had new ideas!

Those with a bad reputation might not truly be bad.

And those who give the impression of righteousness might not be righteous!

Like Ye Jiadong!

He used to be a university lecturer.

But he had already ventured into business, why would he appear in a profession-related ancient tomb?

Thinking about these, Chen Xiao did not rush to explain anything to Liu Dayou or Wu Liuxian, but said:

"Let’s do a simulation."

Wu Liuxian and Liu Dayou both showed puzzled expressions.

But Chen Xiao pointed to the forefront white line marking the deceased, saying:

"Let’s simulate and recreate how they died!"